What's The Brightest Thing In the Universe?

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  • čas přidán 2. 02. 2014
  • Follow Michael Stevens for neat stuff: / tweetsauce
    SOURCES BELOW
    music by / jakechudnow
    and www.audionetwork.com
    SixtySymbols video on new black hole theory: • Event Horizons and Bla...
    "How Hot Can it Get?" Vsauce video: • How Hot Can It Get?
    "What Will We Miss?" Vsauce video: • What Will We Miss?
    Taijitu: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taijitu
    Yin Yang blackhole art (made by / guylar ): imgur.com/IpD5L4l
    Roman 'Yin Yang': en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notitia_...
    Magnitude:
    www.1728.org/magntudj.htm
    zebu.uoregon.edu/~soper/Light/...
    evildrganymede.net/rpg/world/m...
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnitud...)
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extincti...)
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luminosity
    space.about.com/od/astronomydi...
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apparent...\
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute...
    Sun and lightbulb:
    bit.ly/1lxottV
    lumennow.org/lumens-vs-watts/
    R136a1:
    • R136a1 - The most mass...
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R136a1
    most luminous stars: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_...
    gamma ray bursts:
    www.nasa.gov/topics/universe/f...
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma-ra...
    Dark Matter:
    www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/...
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_matter
    Accretion Disk:
    svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/...
    svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/...
    svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/...
    svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/...
    imgur.com/XyvTD
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accretio...
    www.superbwallpapers.com/fanta...
    Jets: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relativi...
    Quasars:
    hubblesite.org/newscenter/arch...
    chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2002...
    www.sciencedaily.com/releases/...
    arstechnica.com/science/2012/1...
    hubblesite.org/newscenter/arch...
    www.space.com/17262-quasar-def...
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3C_273
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blazar
    Most luminous BLAZAR: www.caha.es/the-most-luminous-...
    ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_g...
    Neil Degrasse Tyson book: www.amazon.co.uk/Death-Black-H...
    Thierry Cohen art: www.danzigergallery.com/artist...
    light pollution:
    physics.fau.edu/observatory/li...
    www.lightpollution.it/dmsp/art...
    eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/ve/1438...
    LA blackout: www.pbs.org/seeinginthedark/as...
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  • @user-ft8ci9xu2t
    @user-ft8ci9xu2t Před 5 lety +19059

    The Yin Yang was a bright idea.
    But what's the brightest thing in the universe
    What a transition

    • @marius5361
      @marius5361 Před 5 lety +149

      Yin Yang

    • @shneancy220
      @shneancy220 Před 4 lety +844

      Vsauce is the art of presenting something, asking a seemingly unrelated question and then ending the video with a connection of the answer, and the something.

    • @zera-zero
      @zera-zero Před 4 lety +322

      @@shneancy220 Or is it?

    • @deadman7855
      @deadman7855 Před 4 lety +63

      He connected it with a pun...that's amazing

    • @godoverlordquacken4003
      @godoverlordquacken4003 Před 4 lety +44

      And the fact that the video ends with it too

  • @t-hamos9498
    @t-hamos9498 Před 4 lety +17217

    It's actually the lights when ya mom wakes you up

  • @alarikleviathan
    @alarikleviathan Před 2 lety +1829

    Almost 8 years and I'm still amazed by this mans research and pure dedication to spreading knowledge

    • @user-bf6gz8ej4o
      @user-bf6gz8ej4o Před rokem +1

      "This man's research". You know, that he is part of a company, right? I don't think he does any work by now

    • @alarikleviathan
      @alarikleviathan Před rokem

      @@user-bf6gz8ej4o it's a thought not a fact, calm down

    • @austinrimel1150
      @austinrimel1150 Před 10 měsíci +1

      @user-bf6gz8ej4o
      I don't think he does. Can you name the company?

    • @pogchamp5276
      @pogchamp5276 Před 10 měsíci +1

      @@austinrimel1150vsauce..

    • @austinrimel1150
      @austinrimel1150 Před 9 měsíci

      @pogchamp5276
      Thank you.

  • @jimmatlala
    @jimmatlala Před rokem +388

    Michael's videos are the definition of timeless
    You can watch his stuff any year and still feel the same amount of awe and information satisfaction

    • @STUDZiammanythings175
      @STUDZiammanythings175 Před 10 měsíci +3

      Facts

    • @Ant1ev0
      @Ant1ev0 Před 8 měsíci

      True but I thought Our earth fits 1.5 Million times into the sun?

    • @icinnalatte
      @icinnalatte Před 7 měsíci +1

      ​@@Ant1ev0not sure which part of thr video your are referencing but mass is not size. more mass with the same size = denser. sun is 330,000x earths mass, but it's volume is 1.3x million earths. a black hole can have the same mass as the sun but take up a fraction of the space.

    • @Freerunner360
      @Freerunner360 Před 4 měsíci

      Black holes have mass concentrated at their very core in an infinitely small point, giving them infinite mass

  • @mitchellharrop9989
    @mitchellharrop9989 Před 4 lety +13924

    Did you know that the sun is so big, you can fit an entire football field in it?

    • @leni6505
      @leni6505 Před 4 lety +477

      Are you joking or you actually think that the sun is just as big as a football field? (pls don’t whoooosh me)

    • @Sundara229
      @Sundara229 Před 4 lety +637

      1,135,000,000,000,000 times

    • @mitchellharrop9989
      @mitchellharrop9989 Před 4 lety +899

      FireHun20 The joke is that Michael commonly uses football fields as big units of measurement. The statement is true but very obvious. And now the joke is ruined because I explained it.

    • @meraldlag4336
      @meraldlag4336 Před 4 lety +424

      And still have room for a chessboard. I mean, that's big m8

    • @viewer1629
      @viewer1629 Před 4 lety +223

      @@leni6505 woosh

  • @drago2835
    @drago2835 Před 4 lety +4502

    Teacher: You are a bright student, Michael.
    Michael: Or am I?
    * Vsauce music plays *

  • @theunknown21329
    @theunknown21329 Před rokem +302

    This video is a masterpiece which I keep coming back to. Thank you for sparking my curiosity in astronomy.

  • @DarkSide-dd2nz
    @DarkSide-dd2nz Před 8 měsíci +5

    The brightest thing in the universe is my face when vsauce uploads

  • @ejt4012
    @ejt4012 Před 3 lety +5442

    The final yin yang connection is mind blowing

    • @royk7712
      @royk7712 Před 2 lety +180

      Vsauce always blowing everyone's mind

    • @ghostghost7304
      @ghostghost7304 Před 2 lety +28

      i noticed it right from the begining

    • @GoofyGoobyEsther
      @GoofyGoobyEsther Před 2 lety +153

      @@ghostghost7304 no one knows what's he's thinking you are lying

    • @commanderscar6268
      @commanderscar6268 Před 2 lety +5

      420th like lmao

    • @hispanicchad8393
      @hispanicchad8393 Před 2 lety +43

      @@GoofyGoobyEsther think about it tho, if there WAS an alien that could read peoples minds, it would make sense that they’d be watching vsauce

  • @TrossardWasUnavailable
    @TrossardWasUnavailable Před 5 lety +10008

    Brightest Things
    4. Suns
    3.Quasar
    2. Blazar
    1, Turning on the kitchen light on 3:00 AM

    • @telletubbie13
      @telletubbie13 Před 5 lety +278

      For me it's the occasional bathroom trip at night. I just keep it off.

    • @sleepyrays
      @sleepyrays Před 5 lety +387

      Actual 1. Turning your phone on when its full brightness at 3 am

    • @FlyingNote
      @FlyingNote Před 5 lety +27

      1. Quasar.

    • @platinumvoid1648
      @platinumvoid1648 Před 5 lety +106

      They're called "stars" not "suns".

    • @loganwiseley4313
      @loganwiseley4313 Před 5 lety +34

      @@platinumvoid1648 u have to be just joking

  • @smackatiger_420
    @smackatiger_420 Před 2 lety +51

    9 billion light years hits hard af
    To me…that 100,000th photo from Hubble was the most mind blowing part aside from that legendary closing

    • @rattttooooo
      @rattttooooo Před měsícem +1

      We are literally looking back in time, it's so incredibly magnificent. I can hardly describe the emotions it brings out in me.

    • @theunknown21329
      @theunknown21329 Před 2 dny +1

      Hard agree! It's wild how bright that quasar is. Imagine seeing it up close

    • @smackatiger_420
      @smackatiger_420 Před 2 dny

      @@theunknown21329 that one fish from SpongeBob who yells, “MY EYES” as they are burning 😂
      And that’s probably from a billion ly away

  • @nic_lol4202
    @nic_lol4202 Před 2 lety +95

    the fact that 2 completely different civilizations that probably didnt even known each other took both this symbol while it was a black holes eating stars thing that humanity would find out in thousands of years later its just crazy

  • @isaiah879
    @isaiah879 Před 4 lety +3191

    The brightest thing in the universe is obviously the light from the school projector

    • @euphoriaggaminghd
      @euphoriaggaminghd Před 4 lety +12

      Lmao

    • @itami4190
      @itami4190 Před 4 lety +55

      Fiona Martin nah that’d be the chip packet opening at 3am

    • @kevray
      @kevray Před 4 lety +9

      Or I S I T ? ?

    • @nedla1811
      @nedla1811 Před 4 lety +29

      Fiona Martin nah it’s when the shampoo bottle drops in the shower

    • @IHTGINT
      @IHTGINT Před 4 lety +10

      no its are phone brightness on max

  • @jessicaevans7847
    @jessicaevans7847 Před 3 lety +2367

    Blowing my mind years later while I'm sitting here eating my not fast airplane.

    • @giancarlo418
      @giancarlo418 Před 3 lety +16

      Lol

    • @vanquisher4700
      @vanquisher4700 Před 2 lety +41

      Not fast airplane and jelly sandwich

    • @seangodley6075
      @seangodley6075 Před 2 lety +3

      @@giancarlo418 Lol

    • @markmcpheters
      @markmcpheters Před 2 lety +8

      i ate a bowl of some tasty not slow fork.

    • @WIP-P1
      @WIP-P1 Před 2 lety +2

      @@markmcpheters so you mean discussion so fast spoon?
      You ate disgusting cheerios

  • @legoonyx27
    @legoonyx27 Před 9 měsíci +6

    discord light mode.

  • @KosmicKoheiAspiringAstronaut

    As an aspiring astronaut, I love seeing content like this! There is always more to learn and as a space buff, this is just a fun topic for me to engage with. Thanks!

    • @sierpinskibrot
      @sierpinskibrot Před rokem +12

      It's been a year man u an astronaut yet or still just aspiring

    • @TBO207
      @TBO207 Před rokem +17

      @@sierpinskibrotit probably takes a hot minute😂

    • @shivers.ID_
      @shivers.ID_ Před rokem

      @@sierpinskibrot lmao

    • @kR-qj7rw
      @kR-qj7rw Před 6 měsíci

      Get it!

  • @princetyagii
    @princetyagii Před 4 lety +553

    Teacher: Your future is bright
    Michael: Or is it
    ~existential crises music intensifies~

  • @Furahri
    @Furahri Před 8 lety +985

    That ending.
    MIND. BLOWN.

  • @positivevibrations6250
    @positivevibrations6250 Před rokem +19

    I Love how the Yin Yang-Cosmos thing looks like a Phi equation

  • @EtDuobusAnnis
    @EtDuobusAnnis Před měsícem +4

    it's crazy that this is made before we even had an accurate idea of what a black hole's accretion disc looks like, since Interstellar invented the rendering technology necessary to get the image and it wouldn't release until like 7 months after this, and then we didn't get a real picture until the Webb telescope. Still very cool a decade later.

  • @Cartel_boss
    @Cartel_boss Před 2 lety +5760

    I swear, if Michael was running a lemonade stand and I asked him how good it was, I would end up learning the laws of thermodynamics and quantum physics.

  • @scrap8660
    @scrap8660 Před 5 lety +2894

    Operator: 911 what’s your emergency
    American: uh my family’s scared of the sky

    • @mixiezz
      @mixiezz Před 5 lety +195

      Operator: Sir that's the galaxy.

    • @BigOlSmellyFlashlight
      @BigOlSmellyFlashlight Před 4 lety +16

      I mean I'm scared of the sky too

    • @seanceknowles2911
      @seanceknowles2911 Před 4 lety +51

      Made me think because living in mexico in the city you still can see the stars more clearly. I use to go to the country side with to my extented family.for vacation and its a small spured area. Houses can be close together but at the same time far apart feom other small homes and the atreet lights were also spured and far apart so when it's night time its really dark ams the sky is littered with millions of stars. It was beautiful. When i was 8 i came to the US and was disappointed at how empty the sky is.

    • @someguy3766
      @someguy3766 Před 4 lety +54

      The sky visually assaulted my wife in a dark alley. Please catch this sick scumbag.

    • @fxglider
      @fxglider Před 4 lety +8

      @@seanceknowles2911 I grew up in the U.S and i have forever been disappointed since I've seen the true galaxy XD

  • @3gforme
    @3gforme Před 4 měsíci +2

    The last picture's transition to yin yang was so much suspense revealing, and the soundtrack gave the final chill.

  • @PremierCCGuyMMXVI
    @PremierCCGuyMMXVI Před 7 měsíci +2

    I like how Vsauce starts the video with something very interesting but also completely unrelated to the topic of the video yet somehow connects them.

  • @SarcasticDragonGaming
    @SarcasticDragonGaming Před 7 lety +1496

    "The symbol was a bright idea... But what's the brightest object in the entire universe?"
    Jesus... that was uhm.... that was quite the leap.

    • @muzammilhalim3188
      @muzammilhalim3188 Před 7 lety +57

      I imagine this is your first trip to Vsauce?

    • @SarcasticDragonGaming
      @SarcasticDragonGaming Před 7 lety +7

      Muzammil Halim huh? No, he doesn't usually make that big of jumps though, actually this isn't even the first time I've watched this video, just haven't seen it in a couple years.

    • @ninjaglare91
      @ninjaglare91 Před 7 lety +22

      Seriously that was the wildest transition that i've yet to see anyone top.

    • @captainskylink5894
      @captainskylink5894 Před 7 lety +4

      Well that escalated quickly.

    • @nando453
      @nando453 Před 7 lety +1

      SarcasticDragon Gaming q

  • @theknightofukraine6038
    @theknightofukraine6038 Před 3 lety +3060

    Imagine calling the police during a blackout because you saw “clouds”

    • @keisuketakahashi3597
      @keisuketakahashi3597 Před 3 lety +246

      It is American thing. We are not allowed to say that .

    • @user-kx5es4kr4x
      @user-kx5es4kr4x Před 3 lety +122

      @@keisuketakahashi3597 america✖️ US✔️

    • @ivoryas1696
      @ivoryas1696 Před 3 lety +106

      @@user-kx5es4kr4x
      -Us? Get that commie -_-sh*t-_- out of my country!-

    • @phanglertheangler2812
      @phanglertheangler2812 Před 3 lety +42

      GD Spam King He said "American" so does that mean he should say "USAn"? XD

    • @isaacbriefer193
      @isaacbriefer193 Před 3 lety +76

      @@phanglertheangler2812 Nah, it’s United Statesian

  • @RandomRobloxFacts
    @RandomRobloxFacts Před 8 měsíci +2

    Thank you Vsauce! I learned so many things from you! And I love your content about anything cuz you explain everything so good!

  • @vigneshsajith8901
    @vigneshsajith8901 Před 2 lety +2

    Watching his old videos as he blows our minds, gives me literal chills, so many chills

  • @gh0stlyjack707
    @gh0stlyjack707 Před 5 lety +2207

    Isn't crazy to think when you look up, you're looking in the past?

    • @benkuruvilla6429
      @benkuruvilla6429 Před 5 lety +280

      Everything you see is in the past

    • @manlymantis101
      @manlymantis101 Před 5 lety +88

      Yeah technically it is, Michael said it himself

    • @alphatrion4365
      @alphatrion4365 Před 4 lety +68

      A lot of the stars we see in the sky at night are from ancient past we have no clue about

    • @izaiahcampbell629
      @izaiahcampbell629 Před 4 lety +42

      Brian Duneman a lot of star we see are already dead but there so far their that they appear still here

    • @alphatrion4365
      @alphatrion4365 Před 4 lety +62

      What's creepy is a lot of the stars we see in the sky are remnants of the stars they once were and a some of them may be black holes now.

  • @jebise6656
    @jebise6656 Před 4 lety +2032

    michael, please turn the lights on
    michael: what is *l i g h t*

  • @zoeytrent115
    @zoeytrent115 Před 10 měsíci +4

    y'all... does anyone know which song is playing around 8:43 ??
    but anyways, i think space and black holes are my #1 favorite things of all time, and Michael explaining them makes me wanna learn even more. i will always come back to his videos if i wanna just experiment with him from within my own home, even if these videos are almost a decade old, I will never get tired of watching them. thank you Michael, you are truly something so amazing.

  • @sirdavos9319
    @sirdavos9319 Před 9 měsíci

    Hey Vsauce - I really miss these longer videos. The CZcams GOAT.

  • @christianmorales4247
    @christianmorales4247 Před 8 lety +4394

    Vsause: The yin yang symbol was a bright idea. Me:Yup Vsause: But what's the brightest thing in the universe? Me: How did we get here?

    • @DARKON219
      @DARKON219 Před 8 lety +56

      +Christian Morales It's at the end of the video.

    • @varma101
      @varma101 Před 8 lety +8

      Lol, was about to comment that.

    • @derulan6111
      @derulan6111 Před 8 lety +8

      #ALOOMENARDYCANFERMIED

    • @jaydaelse1278
      @jaydaelse1278 Před 8 lety +30

      Who's Vsause?

    • @zeroicy
      @zeroicy Před 8 lety +3

      You blew my mind more than Vsauce

  • @hardcorehammy7848
    @hardcorehammy7848 Před 5 lety +1243

    man that ending was dope. had me
    almost tearing up

  • @Im_Very_Stupid939
    @Im_Very_Stupid939 Před měsícem +1

    Yo the yin yang connection at the end gave me goosebumps 💀

  • @shivamagrawal162
    @shivamagrawal162 Před rokem

    I knew all about these phenomenon but the way Michael puts it, amazing!

  • @somesunnyday9011
    @somesunnyday9011 Před 3 lety +2645

    Micheal: * spends 12 minutes trying to explain the brightest things ever *
    People in the comments: “hehe no it’s my phone brightness at 3 am”

  • @burnfir3
    @burnfir3 Před 3 lety +2132

    I love how he starts by saying something completely unrelated

    • @altdelctrl4489
      @altdelctrl4489 Před 3 lety +258

      And yet it’s related back to the main point

    • @thestranger1164
      @thestranger1164 Před 3 lety +194

      Or is it?

    • @haydenbosler2880
      @haydenbosler2880 Před 3 lety +84

      @@thestranger1164 *music comes in*

    • @jacksontaylor5476
      @jacksontaylor5476 Před 3 lety +3

      bro I said the same thing

    • @VivekYadav-ds8oz
      @VivekYadav-ds8oz Před 3 lety +56

      I don't think "Hey VSauce, Michael here" is completely unrelated, especially considering the fact that it symbolises his channel.

  • @volcanic3761
    @volcanic3761 Před 2 měsíci +6

    Top 10 hardest vsauce endings

  • @tanmaymishra92
    @tanmaymishra92 Před 3 měsíci +2

    God the ending ❤❤ u nailed it Vsauce hats off
    Ur narration is one of the best after carl sagan

  • @Metal_Screamer
    @Metal_Screamer Před 3 lety +1587

    He can go from “bright idea” to “what’s the brightest thing in the universe” and not make it weird.

    • @legosans926
      @legosans926 Před 3 lety +81

      He does make it weird, but its already normal for us

    • @diegomo1413
      @diegomo1413 Před 3 lety +16

      I would bet he comes up with video ideas while high and writing down his stream of consciousness. Then actually does the research when sober 😂

    • @notsufyan7341
      @notsufyan7341 Před 3 lety +2

      If you understand this video like a nerd you can say that he was talking about a Yin-Yan all this time and the intro was related.

    • @notsufyan7341
      @notsufyan7341 Před 3 lety +4

      Notice the outro

    • @Goomba456
      @Goomba456 Před 2 lety +3

      @@notsufyan7341 Profile pic checks out

  • @CrazyBorisProduction
    @CrazyBorisProduction Před 8 lety +10111

    The brightest thing in the universe is the light from my smartphone screen when I get a text while I'm trying to sleep. I can never squint hard enough.

    • @stevenroyer9380
      @stevenroyer9380 Před 8 lety +37

      To true

    • @amistry605
      @amistry605 Před 8 lety +68

      just turn down the brightness.....

    • @daxes9365
      @daxes9365 Před 8 lety +8

      +Crazy Boris Productions Wow you're here

    • @TheMannequin
      @TheMannequin Před 8 lety +6

      shine to foxy. cause you know you can do better than using a flashlight.

    • @Omer698
      @Omer698 Před 8 lety +47

      I have no friends so my smartphone is a glorified alarm clock.

  • @jacobcollin5602
    @jacobcollin5602 Před 2 lety

    Last post before 2022

  • @Fluffieluke
    @Fluffieluke Před 8 měsíci +1

    "calling dark matter not bright is kind of like calling your peanut butter sandwich a not fast airplane"
    god I love modern humor

  • @Phoenixhartley
    @Phoenixhartley Před 5 lety +923

    Only Vsauce can go from talking about the history of yin yang to the brightest thing in the universe spontaneously

  • @pianozone7836
    @pianozone7836 Před 3 lety +966

    “The process that unshackled the most light is caused by the thing that best imprisons it.” That is a quite impressive sentence at the end

    • @DANGJOS
      @DANGJOS Před 2 lety +28

      Poetic

    • @bittersweet765
      @bittersweet765 Před rokem +1

      Amazingly astounding.

    • @jasonmullinax65
      @jasonmullinax65 Před rokem +7

      That's true of all things in life. What makes you strongest hurts the most. What gives you the most knowledge is the hardest to understand. The concept of Yin and Yang is everywhere, but just like the dichotomy of black holes and quasars, because it is everywhere it becomes hard to notice. What is most abundant is the hardest to see.

  • @zacharyspringman8945
    @zacharyspringman8945 Před 2 lety +1

    Love the videos. Every single episode your final thought so to say is always elegant and profound. Love the content vsauce!!

  • @HamzaAnsari1425
    @HamzaAnsari1425 Před 3 měsíci

    7:30 - pure chills. I always come back to this video specifically for that part!

  • @J0hnny22
    @J0hnny22 Před 4 lety +2732

    There must be a global holiday in which every light city should be turned off for at least 10 minutes, so that we can appreciate the beauty of a truly night sky

    • @NewAgeOutlaw535
      @NewAgeOutlaw535 Před 4 lety +62

      YES!

    • @stephanie4009
      @stephanie4009 Před 4 lety +122

      When I go camping in the summer, there are obviously lights. I would always sneak out with my dad and look at the stars because the sky would be full with them, like almost more stars than black.

    • @halamadruuid2380
      @halamadruuid2380 Před 4 lety +39

      joe mama same, I do it almost everyweek, We go to a cabin we bought, it was basically a second house, i don’t even know why we call it a cabin, the top floor is the roof that has a telescope a dome, not too large and not too big, we sleep there usually

    • @valwei2
      @valwei2 Před 3 lety +23

      But isn't Earth Hour a kind of way to do this? I know that EH is just for saving energy and such but maybe we can take advantage of that

    • @justsomedude1593
      @justsomedude1593 Před 3 lety +18

      Yea I never saw a space cloud

  • @osc1147
    @osc1147 Před 3 lety +6228

    I love how unpredictably predictable Michael’s videos are

    • @myusername3689
      @myusername3689 Před 3 lety +148

      Hmm yes the floor here is not made of floor.

    • @_agplayz_870
      @_agplayz_870 Před 3 lety +84

      the the is not the
      🙃

    • @whirlwind872
      @whirlwind872 Před 3 lety +222

      You have it backwards, you mean predictably unpredictable. In other words you can anticipate that the video is going to have tons of random facts but you're not exactly sure how it will unfold until you've watched it.
      Unpredictability predictable is kinda nonsensical because you're saying the videos are predictable, while simultaneously saying you can't predict whether they will be predictable or not

    • @am34_
      @am34_ Před 3 lety +11

      @@whirlwind872 did we ask for an autobiography?

    • @whirlwind872
      @whirlwind872 Před 3 lety +150

      @@am34_ You clearly have no idea what an autobiography is.

  • @AJ-xc4nm
    @AJ-xc4nm Před 2 měsíci +2

    There being no artificial light is probably why it was so easy for ancient civilizations to track and study the stars. Everything was just so clearly visible.

  • @massivelymusic6006
    @massivelymusic6006 Před rokem +1

    These videos are just so intrinsically good that I have yet to watch something that has the ability to boggle the mind so profoundly.

  • @ashutoshpokhrel8017
    @ashutoshpokhrel8017 Před 3 lety +721

    11:35
    i hadn't even noticed that Yin-Yang at the end, touche.

    • @Logoooo
      @Logoooo Před 3 lety +32

      It blew me away

    • @madmanpecos
      @madmanpecos Před 3 lety +8

      I noticed that the first time

    • @victorhugo-wo2ci
      @victorhugo-wo2ci Před 3 lety +2

      The WR104 telescope snipet also looks like the yi and yang

    • @zamonolita
      @zamonolita Před 2 lety +1

      Yet you did,making this comment.
      If not you would have known only by rewatching the video for you to notice,but doing that will mean you would have known so you would have to think about rewatching the video

    • @SaulBadman
      @SaulBadman Před 2 lety

      @@madmanpecos So? We all did anyways...

  • @AaronMorel01
    @AaronMorel01 Před 6 lety +571

    "Calling dark matter 'not bright' is kind of like calling your peanut butter sandwich a 'not fast airplane'."
    Vsause - 2014

    • @DeathBringer769
      @DeathBringer769 Před 6 lety +8

      ...Because we don't even know if "Dark matter" is actually a form of matter. It's just an unknown source of gravity. Neil DeGrasse Tyson has said a more appropriate name for it would actually be "dark gravity." And this isn't to be confused with dark energy either, which is the mysterious force responsible for the expansion of the universe to keep accelerating (which we can observe and have shown in experiments) as opposed to eventually slowing down like we would have guessed.

    • @mooky980
      @mooky980 Před 6 lety +2

      Deathbrewer well no the main reason he said that is because dark matter doesn't interact with light as far as we can tell. So it doesn't have a brightness so to speak

    • @jesuschrist03
      @jesuschrist03 Před 6 lety +6

      Aaron Of Doom Vsauce*

  • @teplapus8795
    @teplapus8795 Před rokem +2

    I feel like every Vsause video is a fragment of one, non-interrupting line of thoughts. Michael thinks about everything and gets to everything from everything, and what we're seeing are just cut out fragments of his never-ending thought process.

  • @abigailcruz1977
    @abigailcruz1977 Před 7 měsíci +1

    This video has so much information in it I didn't even noticed it was only 11 minutes long..it felt like 30 minutes!

  • @Ayelis
    @Ayelis Před 7 lety +942

    Brightest thing in the universe? The internet's ever-burning flame war.

    • @gingeetheginge6071
      @gingeetheginge6071 Před 7 lety +89

      Ayelis My phone screen when I wake up.

    • @kerriward8935
      @kerriward8935 Před 7 lety +1

      +Evan O (EvanOHT) lol

    • @Orgaya
      @Orgaya Před 7 lety +2

      But there shouldn't even be that. There are two genders and Earth is flat.
      Fucking deal with it.

    • @Ayelis
      @Ayelis Před 7 lety +4

      LOL, you don't exist. Any evidence to the proof of your existence is #FakeNews.

    • @paytonwillis8692
      @paytonwillis8692 Před 7 lety +1

      +Xevan LOL IM DYING IM DYING

  • @ipad4863
    @ipad4863 Před 4 lety +1496

    The brightest thing in the entire universe is my phone at 3am with maximum brightness

    • @Dishanta_Goswami
      @Dishanta_Goswami Před 4 lety +4

      Same

    • @the.invincible.9542
      @the.invincible.9542 Před 4 lety +8

      Well, you're not wrong.

    • @tamtom6094
      @tamtom6094 Před 4 lety +7

      Lmao and its 4am rn and i had my brightness on max

    • @dord4453
      @dord4453 Před 4 lety +1

      Bruh

    • @halamadruuid2380
      @halamadruuid2380 Před 4 lety +10

      My brother was so intrigued by light bulbs and how it works he went to the garage, with a lot of lightbulbs connected them all, then when I went to fetch him, he lighted them all, it was so bright, all i could see was spots in my eyes, for a couple of seconds or minutes even, i forgot, it was like 10 years ago, also it all just fuck blow up so it became brighter

  • @krexar5717
    @krexar5717 Před 2 lety +3

    8 years. Feels like yesterday. Its 10% of an average lifetime.

    • @trsbm8589
      @trsbm8589 Před 2 lety +2

      bro thanks for the comment i couldn't realise that

  • @krissrivastava
    @krissrivastava Před 2 lety +3

    I am an eighth grade student and despite not understanding much formulas. I still love your videos. The animation itself makes it so interesting! Thanks 👍

  • @Yuvr1aj
    @Yuvr1aj Před 3 lety +3120

    Sun to pluto and back-
    Me: damn that's long
    1.5 million times.
    Me: Ok, WTF?

  • @thecubiccuber621
    @thecubiccuber621 Před 5 lety +2112

    Mom: Honey, don’t look at the sun. It’s too bright.
    Kid: But what is the BRIGHTEST thing in the universe???
    **Kid grows up to be Vsauce**

  • @curioustically_zishan
    @curioustically_zishan Před 10 měsíci +10

    It's been 9 years, still the best video on CZcams about Quasars.

    • @HanHonHon
      @HanHonHon Před 18 dny

      It's Vsauce's best video too

  • @justrandomthings3671
    @justrandomthings3671 Před rokem

    The content on his channel feels way more futuristic
    I usually get back to the channel very often but I feel when I will visit some 30-40 years later if alive (may be from another planet lol) how nostalgic it would feel

  • @ElectronikHeart
    @ElectronikHeart Před 10 lety +6467

    I think we should make an (inter)national "blackout night" every years ! That would be beautiful ^^

    • @ryano4784
      @ryano4784 Před 10 lety +471

      Definately, that would be an amazing event to experience!

    • @lagwagon86
      @lagwagon86 Před 10 lety +335

      if that happens I would be outside in the pitch black like a tweeker! haha I can only wish that I will get to see something like that before I die..

    • @nickd0301
      @nickd0301 Před 10 lety +379

      i would sign that petition!!

    • @DangitCD
      @DangitCD Před 10 lety +826

      and watch crime rate sky rocket

    • @TheP232
      @TheP232 Před 10 lety +163

      what would be better is if people went to the countryside where there is less light pollution. Also the blackout would propably cause a skipe in crime

  • @leon-zt7wu
    @leon-zt7wu Před 3 lety +2489

    This is Vsauces best video. I always have my mind blown when the image at the end turns into the Yin Yang symbol. It's so well crafted and comes back around for a unforgettable experience. I come back to this every other month to be blown away again. Thanks Michael

    • @rahulgosavi7682
      @rahulgosavi7682 Před 3 lety +6

      Relatable Leon.

    • @ferrohandaruadidarma3667
      @ferrohandaruadidarma3667 Před 3 lety +41

      Agree! Also, The soundtrack on the scenes is really spot on

    • @Bean-Time
      @Bean-Time Před 3 lety +15

      And the music at the last 5 minutea

    • @11energize
      @11energize Před 3 lety +19

      I have been falling asleep to vsauce videos every night for a solid 1 and a half month at this point. Knew most of them by heart before, know all of them now. My favorite is Cruel Bombs.

    • @sulevislattery2620
      @sulevislattery2620 Před 3 lety

      U mean 5:14

  • @inkornix9949
    @inkornix9949 Před 2 měsíci +9

    8:49 KOCMOC endscreen

  • @liquidz9516
    @liquidz9516 Před rokem +1

    the intro and the ending blew my mind

  • @Rorther
    @Rorther Před 7 lety +780

    My mom said its me.

  • @bog7227
    @bog7227 Před 5 lety +2556

    Blazar3c454 sounds like a xboxlive account owned by a 13 year old named Duncan

  • @ashenics
    @ashenics Před rokem +1

    It was good old 10 years before every week I wait for vsauce video eagerly to learn lots of new things...

  • @starforge5663
    @starforge5663 Před rokem +3

    The scale of the brightness of these objects is utterly brain crushing and even for me having researched this topic for years, it still baffles me to think that quasars can out shine whole galaxies 🌌 and even galaxy clusters at times.

  • @andistansbury4366
    @andistansbury4366 Před 2 lety +623

    "The yin-yang symbol was a bright idea, but what's the brightest thing in the whole universe?"
    Well that escalated quickly

  • @broughy1322
    @broughy1322 Před 10 lety +994

    One of the best videos I've ever watched on youtube. The connection at the end with the beginning was superb.

    • @3commentor
      @3commentor Před 10 lety +36

      Agreed, this was an extremely interesting topic that Michael tackled expertly.

    • @ShinjiTomi
      @ShinjiTomi Před 10 lety +8

      i can say with no doubt, this is the best video Vsauce made so far, congratulations, really.

    • @Roonayy
      @Roonayy Před 5 lety +10

      Broughy1322 Never expected to find you here, you scumbag.

    • @theverminator8048
      @theverminator8048 Před 5 lety +2

      Its broughy1322

    • @zachh6868
      @zachh6868 Před 5 lety

      I did not expect this. This is weird.

  • @Bendy_Khoi
    @Bendy_Khoi Před 2 měsíci +4

    8:49 Kocmoc

  • @AhmadTheWeeknd
    @AhmadTheWeeknd Před 2 lety +5

    1:29 ( Blinding Light ) really motivated THE WEEKND to make a great SONG

  • @afklion7140
    @afklion7140 Před 3 lety +223

    11:32 It’s official, Vsauce is in direct contact with the Cosmos.

  • @AljojoX
    @AljojoX Před 6 lety +198

    "What's The Brightest Thing In the Universe?"
    Well it's certainly not my future.

  • @Mr0besity
    @Mr0besity Před 9 měsíci

    Gotta love when it recommends this ancient relic every year or so

  • @lilith_618
    @lilith_618 Před 7 lety +486

    I almost cried at the images of the stars above cities. I want to see that with my own eyes sooooo bad, not pictures but just seeing that

    • @Remyria
      @Remyria Před 7 lety +7

      then check where you could see it and go there

    • @lilith_618
      @lilith_618 Před 7 lety +22

      Can't. Still a minor and live in smog infested city and ain't got money to move anywhere quite yet

    • @Remyria
      @Remyria Před 7 lety +16

      Nilana River then once you can, do it

    • @hgmailcom
      @hgmailcom Před 7 lety +58

      +Olivier Poulin (Remyria) Great fucking solution

    • @3ole2
      @3ole2 Před 7 lety

      Me too

  • @LaGuerre19
    @LaGuerre19 Před 5 lety +1335

    *_MY PEANUT BUTTER SANDWICH IS A NOT-FAST-AIRPLANE_*

    • @scienceteam9254
      @scienceteam9254 Před 5 lety +20

      *throws sandwich*

    • @zthzed6052
      @zthzed6052 Před 5 lety +2

      Hahahahahauay

    • @Slowly_Going_Mad
      @Slowly_Going_Mad Před 5 lety +2

      My peanut butter airplane is not a fast sandwich. 🍸😏

    • @Bangy
      @Bangy Před 5 lety

      @@Slowly_Going_Mad Wanna be my sandwich?😏

    • @Slowly_Going_Mad
      @Slowly_Going_Mad Před 5 lety +1

      @@Bangy No thanks. I just like posting smartass comments. And reading them.

  • @laraj1930
    @laraj1930 Před 2 lety +4

    Michael: "It's kinda like calling your peanut butter sandwich-"
    Me: "disgusting?"
    Michael: "A not fast aeroplane"

  • @aweebwhoexists64
    @aweebwhoexists64 Před 3 měsíci +12

    It’s your brain

  • @EpicMarioBros
    @EpicMarioBros Před 6 lety +3084

    The Discord light theme.

  • @DarthHater100
    @DarthHater100 Před 7 lety +1564

    Seeing Vsause get several million views on all his videos makes me much more optimistic about the future of the human race. . .

  • @Nano-ih3ig
    @Nano-ih3ig Před 2 lety +6

    8:17 kinda feels like time travelling.

  • @ashwikraj8166
    @ashwikraj8166 Před 2 lety +3

    It is hands down one of the best vsauce, heck best science video on the planet ❤️❤️

  • @allaboutflying
    @allaboutflying Před 3 lety +582

    I get the chills every time he says "And as always, thanks for watching" leaving us hanging for more answers

    • @xk4911
      @xk4911 Před 2 lety

      Idk why I always get creeped out of vsauce vids

    • @inpain8088
      @inpain8088 Před 2 lety

      Hahhahahaha that's what I thought too.

    • @brovid-19
      @brovid-19 Před rokem

      hello, child.

  • @gamebot-pb4hi
    @gamebot-pb4hi Před 6 lety +1354

    "The symbol was a bright idea."
    "But what's the brightest thing in the UNIVERSE?"

  • @itzFelmay
    @itzFelmay Před 8 měsíci +1

    9 years later I’m still getting recommendations for this video lol

  • @goat6651
    @goat6651 Před rokem +1

    I literally come back to this video once every couple months

  • @AJ-Channel
    @AJ-Channel Před 8 lety +258

    "The Yin and Yang was a bright idea. But what is the brightest object in the universe?"
    lol, I love your crazy transitions!

    • @fatchicken18
      @fatchicken18 Před 8 lety +49

      'Yes, cookie taste good, but what's inside a black hole?'
      Vsauce transitions.

    • @AJ-Channel
      @AJ-Channel Před 8 lety

      haha exactly

    • @raumaankidwai
      @raumaankidwai Před 8 lety +3

      Alan Jay Sometimes they're fast and sometimes they're slow. XD

    • @DeejayJeanP
      @DeejayJeanP Před 8 lety +2

      He is the master of segways haha

    • @mitchiemasha
      @mitchiemasha Před 8 lety +5

      +raumaan kidwai Under the premiss of this video wouldn't the fastest thing in the universe also be the slowest!!!

  • @dyjhjfrtt6607
    @dyjhjfrtt6607 Před 3 lety +746

    Micheal: what's the brightest object in the entire universe?
    Me: you are

  • @martian1575
    @martian1575 Před rokem +1

    even after eight years, this video still has the best transition in all of CZcams history.

  • @haha-lj5sq
    @haha-lj5sq Před 7 lety +2247

    **THE SUN IS A DEADLY LAZER**

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache Před 4 lety +1982

    This video is wrong. Michael is obviously the brightest thing in the universe.
    Top tier transitions, perfectly written dialogue, what else can you ask from this legend?

  • @F0ES
    @F0ES Před 2 lety

    How does he know all the buzz words and right things to say to blow your mind? Literally have goosebumps at the end! Great vid!

  • @dodourmommy
    @dodourmommy Před rokem +7

    It's when you look at your phone at night

    • @gupadre8255
      @gupadre8255 Před rokem +5

      Weird how your comment was hearted 9 years after the video came out...

    • @user-pk9qo1gd6r
      @user-pk9qo1gd6r Před rokem +4

      @@gupadre8255 I bet it's Vsauce's only way of communicating information. He's trying to send us a message from his cell and we have to look at the first letter of every comment he likes.

  • @bryan5697
    @bryan5697 Před 8 lety +421

    On one day every year, the whole world should just turn off all of their lights so we can appreciate our galaxy.

    • @kingsk0133
      @kingsk0133 Před 8 lety +30

      Thats the best idea I've heard in my whole life! Lol

    • @alexrhind8459
      @alexrhind8459 Před 8 lety +2

      Bryan Jarvis you are brilliant

    • @Dvoynininc
      @Dvoynininc Před 8 lety

      alex rhind if the whole world shut off its power then the entire internet will shut off and be lost. BEST IDEA EVA.

    • @bryan5697
      @bryan5697 Před 8 lety +39

      Lights, not power. Dvoynin.inc

    • @antreascy6954
      @antreascy6954 Před 8 lety

      Bryan Jarvis cool mate i thought the same :)

  • @bibniebt
    @bibniebt Před 10 lety +198

    New best pickup line: My love for you burns brighter than Blazar 3C454.3

    • @thd6108
      @thd6108 Před 10 lety +5

      "And what the f**k is that?" would likely be her (or his) respond
      Thumbs up anyway

    • @baconmaster8865
      @baconmaster8865 Před 10 lety +14

      lol both your username and profile picture fits your comment so well :P

    • @JacobProne
      @JacobProne Před 10 lety +1

      If it burns brighter, that must be a very, very high love connection. I forgot to add the 1 quintillion other verys, but that doesn't matter.

    • @adityarajan3536
      @adityarajan3536 Před 10 lety +4

      DAYUM

    • @R.T.and.J
      @R.T.and.J Před 10 lety +1

      OR: Wow baby, are you a Kugelblitz? Because you're HAWT!
      Edit: Yes, I stole that from Michael...